cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5331985

President Maduro of Venezuela denounces

WhatsApp as a spying system

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has accused

WhatsApp of operating as a spying tool and urged citizens to switch to alternative messaging apps such as Telegram and WeChat.

Speaking at a meeting in Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, the president asserted, “WhatsApp provided its list of Venezuelan users to Colombian drug traffickers, who then conducted months of espionage.”

  • Redcuban1959 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Most Colombian cartels are allied with far-right paramilitary and politician groups. I think Alvaro Urribe is currently going to jail because of his links with such groups.